Cubes and Dice

Introduction of Cubes:

As you know cubes are three-dimensional

figure with each of its dimension having same
measurements. The dimensions are named as
length, breadth and height. Let us first start with
questions related to cutting the cubes into different
number of prices.
Structure of a Cube:
Different type of folding's:
Painted Cubes:

Let’s start with a set of questions,

A bigger cube is painted to same color on each of its

faces. Now the cube is cut into 64 identical pieces
making minimum number of cuts.

Question 1: How many of the smaller cubes will

have exactly three faces painted?
Question 2: How many of the smaller cubes will
have exactly two faces painted?
Question 3: How many of the smaller cubes will
have exactly one face painted?
Question 4: How many of the smaller cubes will
have no face painted?
4 * 4 Cube:

We should be aware of few terms such as

corners, faces and edges.
Here we can see that a cube has 8 corners, 6
faces and 12 edges.
Question 1: How many of the smaller cubes will
have exactly three faces painted?

For a proper cube the answer is always 8.

Question 2: How many of the smaller cubes will
have exactly two faces painted?

For an n*n*n cube the answer will be 12(n-2)

=12(4-2)=24.
Question 3: How many of the smaller cubes will
have exactly one face painted?

For an n*n*n cube the answer will be 6(n-2)2

= 6(4-2)2 = 24
Question 4: How many of the smaller cubes will
have no face painted?

For an n*n*n cube the answer will be (n-2) 3

=(4-2)3 =8.
Practice Questions:

Directions for Q1 to Q5:

Use the following information to answer the
questions given below
A cube is colored red on one face, green on
the opposite face, yellow on another face, and blue
on the face adjacent to the yellow face. The other
two faces are left uncolored. It is then cut into 125
smaller cubes of equal size.

Answer the following questions based on the above

statement.
1. How many cubes are uncolored on all the faces?
a)27
b)36
c)48
d)64
Ans: C

2. How many cubes are colored blue on one face,

red or green on the other face and have four
uncolored faces?
a)8
b)12
c)16
d)23
Ans: A
3. How many cubes are colored red on one face
and have the remaining faces uncolored?
a)8
b)10
c)12
d)16
Ans: D

4. How many cubes have at least one green face?

a)4
b)5
c)16
d)25
Ans:D
5. How many cubes have at least two colored
faces?
a)23
b)21
c)20
d)19
Ans: B
Directions for Q6 to Q10:
The outer border of width 1 cm of a cube
with side 5cm is painted yellow on each side and
the remaining space enclosed by this 1 cm path is
painted pink. This cube is now into 125 smaller
cubes of each side 1 cm. The smaller cube so
obtained are now separated.

6. How many smaller cubes have all the surfaces

uncolored?
a)0
b)9
c)18
d)27
Ans: D
7. How many smaller cubes have three surfaces
colored yellow?
a)2
b)4
c)8
d)10
Ans: C

8. How many smaller cubes have at least two

surfaces coloured yellow?
a)24
b)44
c)48
d)96
Ans: B
9. How many smaller cubes have one face colored
pink and an adjacent face yellow?
a)0
b)1
c)2
d)4
Ans: A

10. How many smaller cubes have at least one

face colored?
a)27
b)98
c)48
d)121
Ans: B
Cubes and dice figure based problems:
The details of the cube formed when a sheet is
folded to form a box:

FORM 1:

In this case:

1 lies opposite 5;

2 lies opposite 4;

3 lies opposite 6.
FORM 2:

In this case:

1 lies opposite 6;

2 lies opposite 4;

3 lies opposite 5.
FORM 3:

In this case:

1 lies opposite 4;

2 lies opposite 6;

3 lies opposite 5.
FORM 4:

In this case:

1 lies opposite 4;

2 lies opposite 5;

3 lies opposite 6.
FORM 5:

In this case:

1 lies opposite 3;

2 lies opposite 5;

4 lies opposite 6.
FORM 6:

In this case:

will be the one of the faces of

the cube and it lies opposite 3;

2 lies opposite 4;

1 lies opposite 5.
FORM 7:

In this case:

will be the one of the faces of the

cube and it lies opposite 3;

2 lies opposite 4;

1 lies opposite 5.
FORM 8:

In this case:

and are two faces of the

cube that lie opposite to each other.

1 lies opposite 3;

2 lies opposite 4;
Practice Questions:
1. Choose the box that is similar to the box formed
from the given sheet of paper (X).

a)1 and 3 only

b)2, 3 and 4 only
c)2 only
d)3 and 4 only

Ans: C
2. Choose the box that is similar to the box formed
from the given sheet of paper (X).

a)1 and 2 only

b)1, 2 and 4 only
c)1 and 4 only
d)1, 2 and 3 only

Ans:B
3. Choose the box that is similar to the box formed
from the given sheet of paper (X).

a)1 and 2 only

b)2, 3 and 4 only
c)4 only
d)3 and 4 only

Ans: D
4. Observe the dots on a dice (one to six dots) in
the following figures. How many dots are
contained on the face opposite to that containing
four dots?

a)2
b)3
c)6
d)Cannot be determined

Ans: A
5. Three different positions of a dice are shown
below. How many dots lie opposite 2 dots?

a)1
b)3
c)5
d)6

Ans: C
6. Three positions of a dice are given. Based on
them find out which number is found opposite the
number 2 in the given cube.

a)6
b)5
c)3
d)1

Ans: A
7. A cube has six different symbols drawn over its
six faces. The symbols are dot, circle, triangle,
square, cross and arrow. Three different positions
of the cube are shown in figures X, Y, and Z.
Which symbol occurs at the bottom of fig.(Y)?

a)Arrow
b)Triangle
c)Circle
d)Dot

Ans: C
8. Amongst the following figures, find the correct
one, if it is known that the total number of dots on
opposite faces of the cube shown is always 7.

a)Fig.1
b)Fig.2
c)Fig.3
d)Fig.4

Ans: A